PHP 5.0.4 authentication problem...

googlebattle

I used this code on an earlier version of php and everything worked fine.

When i switched to a new host, with php 5.0.4, it stopped working, it would just keep on asking for the log info and then stop and show Pleae try again message. Any ideas as to why this would be the case? :queasy: Thank you in advance.


include('config.inc.php');	


if (!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']))
{ 
	header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Secure Login"'); 
	header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized'); 

	echo'Please try again...';

	exit();
}
else if	(isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']))
{	
	if (($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] !=  $admin1) || ($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] != $admin2))
	{ 
		header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Secure Login"'); 
		header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized'); 

		echo'Please try again...'; 

		exit();
	}
	else
	{
		$pagetitle = 'Admin Panel'; 

		include('adminheader.inc.php');

googlebattle

any ideas, or suggestions? i would really appreciate them.

goldlikesnow

'PHP_AUTH_USER'

When running under Apache or IIS (ISAPI on PHP 5) as module doing HTTP authentication this variable is set to the username provided by the user.

samudasu

Could be because your new host runs php as cgi binary?? I don't know that for sure but that is one thing to look into. Do some simple debugging. Print out the variable values and make sure they're correct.

print $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'];
print $admin1;
print $admin 2;

googlebattle

samudasu, thanks for reply... i've tried taht and it returns correct values.

googlebattle

goldlikesnow wrote:

'PHP_AUTH_USER'

When running under Apache or IIS (ISAPI on PHP 5) as module doing HTTP authentication this variable is set to the username provided by the user.[/QUOTE]

what do you mean/suggest?

googlebattle

samudasu wrote:
Could be because your new host runs php as cgi binary?? I don't know that for sure but that is one thing to look into. Do some simple debugging. Print out the variable values and make sure they're correct.
print $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'];
print $admin1;
print $admin 2;

it prints only admin1 and 2 doesnt print $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']; waht would be the value for that? :queasy:

samudasu

The value should be whatever you typed into the popup window for username. Did you check to see if the server is running as a cgi binary?? If it is then your script won't work.

UPDATE:
I just noticed this function. Make a page or print a line like this in one of your scripts. It'll tell you what kind of interface is running between php and the webserver.

phpinfo.php

<?php
print php_sapi_name();
?>